Thursday, 19 September 2019

Cold Edge

I found  2 Black darters today near the top dam (Haighcote) also this one near the lower dam. Wonder if this is a female - not sure ?

I think the extra wing spots in the bright sunlight are from the shadow.

A decent show of butterflies in that area today but generally only where there were some flowers the exception being a few Red Admirals just flying through >W.
Painted Lady x 5
Small Copper x 5
Red Admiral x 11
Peacock x 10
Small Tortoiseshell x 25
Green-veined White x 1
Small White x 1

Antler Moth x 1

Common Hawker x 1
Common Blue Damselfly (I think - only saw it in flight)  x 1
Black Darter x 3 (?)

2 comments:

AndyC said...

Those 3 spots on the thorax show its a Black Darter

David Sutcliffe said...

Ah - 3 spots ....ta